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• HDP offices targeted by racist attacks 

  Racist attacks have targeted offices of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in some cities of Turkey since last night.
• Sit in action outside EP to demand freedom for Öcalan 

  'Freedom for Öcalan Initiative' is preparing to hold a sit-in action outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 8-9 in protest at the isolation of the Kurdish Leader in Imralı Island.
• SGDF Co-President detained 

  Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF) Co-President Oğuz Yüzgeç has been taken into custody on Burgaz Island in Istanbul at 05:00 this morning.
• Kurdish youths continue the march for Öcalan’s freedom 

  The march by Kurdish youths living in Europe to condemn the ongoing isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and massacre of civilians in Northern Kurdistan continues in its third day.
• HDP submits bill offering 'Negotiation for Building of Social Peace' 

  HDP Group Deputy Chairs Pervin Buldan and İdris Baluken have submitted to parliament a draft law offering 'Negotiation for Building of Social Peace'.
• Thousands demanded peace across Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  Thousands took to the streets in many districts and cities across North Kurdistan and Turkey to mark the International Peace Day demanding peace and the restart of negotiations for a democratic resolution.
• Turkish fascists attack Kurdish youths joining long march in Germany 

  A group of Turkish fascists attacked the Kurdish youths staging a long march in Germany between Wuppertal and Düsseldorf.
• NAV-DEM calls for participation in Kurdish Festival against fascism 

  23rd International Kurdish Culture Festival will take place in Düsseldorf on September 5th under the main slogan “Let's Build Democratic Nation with Free Leader- We Will Not Allow Fascism”.
• Demirtaş: HDP represents peace, AKP represents war 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş expressed his concerns over snap election in Turkey, and stressed the need for a third party for the peace process.
• Kurdish youths march in Germany for freedom of Öcalan 

  Kurdish youths living in Europe have today started a 56 km long march in the German city of Wuppertal to condemn the ongoing isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and massacre of civilians in Northern Kurdistan.
• SOHR: 3,156 people executed by ISIS since June 2014 

  The Islamic State jihadist group, or ISIS, has executed 91 people between July 29 and this Saturday in various Syrian provinces, the Syrian Human Rights Observatory said.
• German court sentences Kurdish politician to three years in prison 

  Hamburg Supreme Court has sentenced Kurdish politician Mehmet Demir to three years in prison on charges of “membership to PKK” (Kurdistan Workers' Party).
• 78 civilians died, 298 jailed since after June 7 elections 

  HDP Law and Human Rights Commission announced that 78 people have lost their lives since after June 7 elections, during which 1,628 people were taken into custody and among them 298 were jailed.
• HDP calls upon AKP to end war and turn back to negotiations 

  HDP pointed out that the AKP's war policy targeted civilians and called on the AKP to start dialogue and negotiations and abandon the 'war to the end' perspective that has caused great pains and prices in the Kurdish region of Turkey.
• HDP-DBP delegation meets Austrian President in Vienna 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş, DBP Co-President Kamuran Yüksek, Deputy Co-President Nazmi Gür, HDP Representative for Europe Eyüp Doru and Austrian Green Party MP Berivan Aslan met Austrian President Heinz Fischer yesterday.
• More arrested in ongoing political genocide operations 

  Political genocide operations aiming an elimination of the Kurds continue increasingly after the recent initiation and imposition of war policies by the AKP in the Kurdish region of Turkey.
• Demirtaş urges AKP to abandon policies dragging Turkey into disaster 

  HDP Co-President urged the government to immediately abandon these insane policies that dragged the country into a disaster, stressing that it was, on top of that, an unauthorized government that brought the country to the edge of war.
• Former co-chair of DBP Tarsus branch arrested 

  Ahmet Kızmaz, former co-chair of Mersin's Tarsus district branch, has been taken into custody once again after a recent detention and following release.
• Probe against the Turkish lieutenant objecting to the war of AKP 

  Gendarme General Command has started an investigation against Lieutenant Colonel Mehmet Alkan who lashed out at AKP for the ongoing war and deaths at the funeral ceremony of his soldier brother, Captain Ali Alkan, who recently died in Şırnak.
• Kartal: Kurds in Europe should play a stronger role 

  KONGRA GEL Co-President Remzi Kartal said in a public meeting in Oslo that; “The Turkish state is for the first time not in unity against the Kurds”.
• Fascist attack on HDP building in Alanya 

  A racist group attacked HDP building in Alanya district of Antalya last night demanding the party’s signboard to be taken down.
• DBP holds 3rd Extraordinary Congress in Ankara 

  Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) is holding its 3rd Extraordinary Congress in Ankara today with a large participation of politicians from various political groups and institutions.
• Around 500 Europeans fighting in the ranks of YPG 

  Swedish Security Service (Säpo) estimates that around 300 people from Sweden have joined the war against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
• Thousands bid farewell to YPG fighter Kevin Jochim in Germany 

  German YPG fighter Kevin Jochim (Dilsoz Bahar) who lost his life while fighting ISIS gangs in Western Kurdistan (Rojava), was laid to rest in Grünwinkel Cemetery in Karlsruhe, Germany yesterday.
• Fascist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Konya 

  While the attacks of Turkish security forces on civilians in the Kurdish cities continue, the Kurdish people are also facing attacks in other cities of the country, which are mostly carried out by fascist and racist groups.